Fat Girl 2001   N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Catherine Breillat
Cast: Anais Reboux, Roxane Mesquida, Libero De Rienzo, Arsinee Khanjian, Romain Goupil, Laura Betti, Albert Goldberg, Claude Sese, Marc Samuel, Frederick Bodin
While vacationing with their parents at a French beach resort, beautiful 15-year-old Elena (Roxane Mesquida) and her awkward, 12-year-old sister Anais (Anais Reboux) meet handsome law student Fernando (Libero De Rienzo). A romance blooms between Elena and Fernando during which Elena surrenders her virginity. All the while, Anais trails after the couple–an outcast but, perhaps, the only one who fully grasps the situation.
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Marie Baie Des Anges 1997  R, 90 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Manuel Pradal
Cast: Vahina Giocante, Frederic Malgras, Amira Casar, Nicolas Welbers, Jamie Harris, Swan Carpio, David Kilnar, Andrew Clover, Roxane Mesquida, Aurelie Morardet
Set on the French Riviera, this is the story of street kids– 15-year-old Marie (Vahina Giocante) and a petty thief Orso (Frederic Malgras)–who, for a brief time, find each other and enjoy a life that rises above the level of their just-managing-to-survive existence.
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The School of Flesh 1998 R, 102 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Benoit Jacquot
Cast: Isabelle Huppert, Vincent Martinez, Vincent Lindon, Marthe Keller, Francois Berleand, Daniele Dubroux, Bernard Le Coq, Roxane Mesquida, Jean-Louis Richard, Jean-Claude Dauphin
This delicate handling of the older woman Dominique (Isabelle Huppert)/younger man Quentin (Vincent Martinez) relationship provides excellent viewing. Yukio Mishima's novel is deftly adapted for the screen by director Benoit Jacquot. This is a "don't miss."
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 Sex Is Comedy 2002  N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
Director: Catherine Breillat
Cast: Anne Parillaud, Gregoire Colin, Roxane Mesquida, Ashley Wanninger, Dominique Colladant, Bart Binnema, Yves Osma, Elisabete Piecho, Francis Seleck, Diane Scapa
When a director, Jeanne (Anne Parillaud), is set to film the sex scene for her movie, there is one big problem: the two actors (Gregoire Colin and Roxane Mesquida) despise each other.
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| 1. Fat Girl (2001)
2. Marie Baie Des Anges (1997)
3. The School of Flesh (1998)
4. Sex Is Comedy (2002)
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